Neat News 230 (added 2016-08-17)

New Painkiller under Development

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Many of the powerful painkillers either work by releasing the pleasure producing chemical dopamine and lead to addiction, or may reduce the sensitivity of the receptors that control breathing, which may kill a patient when an overdose is taken. A new painkiller, which does not suffer from these problems, has just been tested on mice.

News seen at: Scientific American - Health

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